Halftime: There’s the whistle. Sounders FC leads Colorado 1-0 at the break. Seattle already dealt a huge loss, however, with the Zakuani injury.

45′: Five minutes of extra time.

43′: The ball comes to Flaco in the penalty box, but his shot is blocked, by Marshall I think. Moments later Cummings gets the crowd excited with a good run but he skies the shot.

41′: Rapids with a free kick. Keller punches it out.

34′: Folan and Ianni get into it and the Sounders defender hits the deck. The crowd boos. Each gets a talking to from Petrescu.

32′: Still 1-0 Sounders. The goal will open up the game.

30′: Excuse me for the delay. I was writing a short story on Zakuani’s injury.

19′: GOAL SEATTLE! Fredy Montero, making his first start in a month, calmly collects a cross from Mauro Rosales and finishes past Matt Pickens to give Sounders FC a 1-0 lead.

18′: Riley with a big clearance on a dangerous Folan cross.

15′: The official word is Zakuani is being transported to the emergency room for x-rays of a possible fractured right leg or ankle.

Though the early feedback suggest it doesn’t look good.

14′: Back to soccer I guess. Alvaro Fernandez is on for Zakuani on the left. Colorado obviously down a man.

10′: Definitely some awkward vibes as play restarts. The three points on the line suddenly look much less meaningful.

7′: People at home have probably seen the replay a couple times by now. I haven’t, but it looked like a leg fracture. Sounded like it too, I’m sorry to say. A huge blow for Sounders FC most likely for the rest of the season.

5′: WOW. Steve Zakuani with a serious leg injury on a rash tackle by Brian Mullan. The stretcher is out.

3′: Both team

1′: And we’re off!

Pregame: Not a bad crowd here as we have a couple more minutes for people to settle in. Here comes the walkout. Colorado in burgundy-white-burgundy. Seattle in all rave green again.

Pregame: Temperatures are dropping fast out here, meaning I got some gloves on. Forgive any typos in advance. My effective words-per-minute rate is on the decline.

Pregame: The big news so far is the lineup. IN: Montero, Ianni, Wahl. OUT: Friberg, Parke, Gonzalez. Rosales moves over to the right side of midfield. What do you think of the moves?